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Reconstruction:Proto-Germanic/awiz

This Proto-Germanic entry contains reconstructed words and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Germanic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.wiz/

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *h₂ówis.

Noun

*awiz f [1]

  1. ewe
  2. sheep in general
Inflection
i-stemDeclension of *awiz (i-stem)
singular plural
nominative *awiz *awīz
vocative *awi *awīz
accusative *awį *awinz
genitive *awīz *awjǫ̂
dative *awī *awimaz
instrumental *awī *awimiz
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Old English: ēowu, ēoƿu
  • Old Frisian: ei, ey
    • Saterland Frisian: oye, Oue
    • West Frisian: ei
  • Old Saxon: ewi, ewwi
    • Middle Low German: ewe
      • Low German: Eev, Öwwe
        German Low German: Öi, Ei
  • Old Dutch: *ōi, *ouwi, *ouw
  • Old High German: awi, au, ou, ouwi
    • Middle High German: ouwe
      • Alemannic German: Au
      • Bavarian:
        Cimbrian: öbe
      • German: Aue
  • Old Norse: ær
    • Icelandic: ær
    • Faroese: ær
    • Norwegian: ærsaud
    • Danish: ålam (Thy dialect)

Adverb

*awiz [2]

  1. obvious
Descendants
  • ⇒ Old English: ēawis
  • ⇒ Old High German: awizoraht

References
  1. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*awi-”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 45
  2. Kroonen, Guus (2013), “*awiz”, in Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11), Leiden, Boston: Brill, page 45
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